Zhoucun Street

Zhoucun ancient mall

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Zhoucun Street generally refers to Zhoucun ancient mall

Zhoucun ancient mall, also known as street, is located in Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong Province. Jinan Qingdao expressway, the main road in Shandong Province, is equipped with Zhoucun exit and 309 National Highway around the city. It is known as "dry wharf", "Jinzhou village", "hometown of silk" and "No.1 village in the world". At present, it is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level and a national AAAA tourist attraction. As the development focus of "cultural history and folk custom" tourist area in Shandong Province, it has been listed in the "overall tourism development plan of Shandong Province".

The scenic area covers a total area of 60.5 hectares, mainly composed of the main street, Sishi street, Yinshi street and other ancient streets. There are more than 50000 square meters of well preserved Ming and Qing ancient buildings. There are many historic sites, streets, shops, different architectural styles, and a combination of Chinese and Western cultures in the scenic area. It is the only one in Shandong and rare in Jiangbei, and it is still playing its commercial function. Experts from the China ancient building protection committee praised it as "the living ancient commercial Building Museum group in China".

As an outstanding representative of Chinese ancient commercial culture, the ancient mall still maintains the original appearance and historical quality of Ming and Qing Dynasties. After years of rescue recovery and protective development, it has formed the Qianfo Temple group, sanyitang printing exhibition hall, qianxiangyi, ruixiangxiang, folk custom exhibition hall, British American Tobacco exhibition hall, today's no tax monument, Zhuangyuan mansion, piaojiao exhibition hall, Yang's courtyard, dyanfang, kuixingge Temple group and Zhoucun Shaobing, a special snack here. There are more than 10 scenic spots with strong knowledge and interest, such as Zibo Art Museum.

Zhoucun ancient shopping mall is a national historical and cultural street, the birthplace of Shandong business culture, and a film and television shooting base. The documentary "searching for the ancient in Zhoucun" produced by CCTV's "exploration and discovery" reproduces the development process of Zhoucun ancient mall in the way of scene reproduction. The famous TV series "dry wharf", "dyehouse", "Chuang Guandong" and the famous director Zhang Yimou's film "living" are mainly based on this.

scenic spot

After hundreds of years of wind and rain, Zhoucun ancient shopping mall is still in good condition, with many streets, shops and different architectural styles,

It is praised as "living Ancient Commercial Building Museum group in China" by experts of China ancient building protection committee, which has high tourism value. Zhoucun ancient shopping mall is composed of street, Sishi street, Yinshi street, Sishi street and other ancient commercial blocks. It is now a municipal cultural relics protection unit, provincial excellent historical buildings, provincial key tourism development project and national AAAA tourist attraction.

In the south of the ancient commercial city, there are the former site of Shangdong Yuanhu national army headquarters and the temple of Kuixing Pavilion. In the north, there are Mingjiao temple, Qianfo Pavilion and Huilong bridge. It is the gathering place of Zhoucun's natural culture. The main street of the ancient commercial city, also known as Dajie, is the largest and oldest commercial street in Zhoucun. It was built in the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (about 1410 A.D.) and the ninth year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty (1636 A.D.), initially laying the foundation for the formation of the street. It starts from the intersection of Sishi street and Yinshi street in the South and ends at shuoyimen in the north. It is about two Chinese Li (about 1000m) long. The North Pole Pavilion stretches across the middle and divides the street into North and South sections. The current section is basically the south section, with a total length of 400m. To the late Qing Dynasty, Zhangqiu old army Meng's "badaxiang" successively came here to do business. Rich merchants and tycoons from far and near gathered together, and the street gradually became a commercial and Trade Center for cloth shops and general stores. In 1904, Zhoucun was established as a commercial port, and the scope of commercial trade was further expanded. The commercial houses from Qingdao and Jinan to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou had frequent business contacts with Zhoucun. The development of street business entered a prosperous period. As the saying goes, "the street is not big, and the day is worth the day."

Ancient ruins

Sites of ancient human life

Huangguding site is located on the North Bank of Fanyang River, 20 Li southeast of Zhoucun

In the southwest suburb of Zhoucun, on the West Bank of Gan River, a large number of muddy black pottery pieces were unearthed, such as cuzui (see fax here), tiles, paving tiles, Douba, stone tools, red pottery (see fax here), edge of pot mouth, dingzu, lid, handle, bowl, basin, plate, beans, stone axe, spinning fiber, animal bones, etc A large number of burnt clay and pottery, tiles, pattern bricks, bones, fragments of gaobingdou and Pei have been unearthed from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Han Dynasty at the Shang and Shang sites 20 Li southeast of Zhoucun.

Wuqiang ancient city

It is located 13 kilometers northeast of today's Zhoucun city. It is a northern suburb town. Rammed earth, bricks and other architectural relics still exist. It is the county government of Wuqiang county from the Liusong period of the northern and Southern Dynasties to the 18th year of kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, which lasted 178 years. Its village name is guxuanzhuang, which evolved from the word "Guxian".

Tugu ancient city

Tugu county was set up in the Western Han Dynasty. The county government was 21 kilometers southwest of the present Zhoucun city. It was named after the local rich Tugu rattan. It was incorporated into Weiguo County in Gaoqi period. After the county was abandoned, four villages were built around the old city one after another.

The origin of celebrities

Filial son Dong Yong

Dong Yong was born in Qiancheng of the Western Han Dynasty (now Gaoyuan ancient city, Gaoqing County, Zibo City). He lost his mother when he was young and depended on his father. After the death of his father, his family was poor and unable to be buried. At that time, thick burial was popular. The more grand the funeral was, the more valuable the coffin was. Otherwise, he would be laughed at by others. Dong Yong is famous for his filial piety to his father, but he is helpless at this time.

In desperation, he secretly ran to the city of Yuling dozens of miles away and put a straw label on his hair. He was willing to sell himself as a slave to bury his father for money.

Outside the city of mausoleum, a rich gentleman surnamed Fu in Zhangjiazhuang heard about this and felt his filial piety. He took the initiative to send him some silver to go home to bury his father without any reward. But Dong Yongjian paid for three years of hard work for the Fu family, otherwise he would not want other people's money. The rich gentry had no choice but to agree to his request.

After Dong Yong buried his father with dignity, he rushed back to Zhangjiazhuang to serve the Fu family. He went out to farm during the day and did rough work for his master at night. He was never lazy and slippery. He was so moved that his master praised his filial piety and kindness when he met people. His deeds spread further and further. When he was known by the imperial court, he was promoted as a model of feudal family relations and included in the biography of filial son, which publicized feudal ethics. Later, Dong Yong was granted a small official, and was buried on Dabu mountain in the southeast of Zhoucun city. His tomb remains the same today. Due to the propaganda of the feudal rulers, Dong Yong became a household name from an unknown little man. His deeds became more and more popular. People attached the story of the seven fairies to him. They said that because his deeds moved the seven fairies in the sky, they secretly came down to the earth to marry him and have children. Today, dongjiazhuang and xidongjiazhuang outside Zhoucun are said to have been built by Dong Yong's descendants. There were ancestral halls dedicated to Dong Yong. Dong Yong's story was later adapted into folktales, operas, movies and so on, which made him a historical celebrity through the ages.

Wang Yingtong, the number one scholar

In the north of Sishi street in Zhoucun, there is a parallel street called Zhuangyuan new street. In the middle of the street, there was a Zhuangyuan mansion in the south of the street, with Zhuangyuan building inside. Its owner is the only Zhuangyuan Wang Yingtong in the history of Zhoucun.

Wang Yingtong (1664-1715), whose name is Xuguang, is called minzhai. His ancestral home is Changshan County, Shandong Province. He was born as a scholar's younger brother. His great grandfather, Wang Chongming, once served as Tongzhi of Qinzhou, Shanxi Province, and his grandfather, Wang Fei, whose name was not mu, served as Zhizhou of Shouzhou during the reign of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. His father, Wang TingYang, took the military examination in the 23rd year of Kangxi, but he didn't like to be an official and lived in seclusion in the city all his life. After high school, Wang Yingtong's great grandfather, grandfather and father were given the title of doctor Rong Lu and chief soldier of Hebei Province.

Due to the influence of his family, Wang Yingtong was familiar with classics and advocated Confucianism. Influenced by his father, he liked to practice martial arts since childhood. In addition to learning from his father, he also studied martial arts everywhere. He got up early and went to bed late, studied hard and practiced hard. He also paid attention to extensively reading military books and studying the art of war with his elders. After years of hard work, he finally passed the martial arts examination at the age of 24. In the 27th year of Kangxi, he went to the capital to pass the imperial examination. After the palace examination, he stood out and was named the number one scholar by the emperor. He began his military career as a general of Shanxi middle road Limin.

In 1696, the Xinjiang aristocrat gardan launched a rebellion with the support of tsarist Russia, which shocked the whole country. Emperor Kangxi personally led an army expedition and asked Wang Yingtong to accompany him in charge of grain and grass supply. During the long distance expedition, some departments sold their grain and grass for convenience, so as to lighten their burden, and planned to buy them back at their destination. But Xinjiang has a vast land and few people, so there is no place to raise food. Only Wang Yingtong, regardless of other people's jokes, honestly escorted food and grass along the way, and spared no pains. In the end, only his troops avoided the suffering of lack of food and grass.

After the successful pacification of the rebellion, Wang Yingtong was promoted to Deputy General of Shandong General river. Emperor Kangxi received him many times during his tour. Soon, he became deputy general of Shenmu. After on-the-spot investigation, he found that although Shenmu's geographical location was partial, the land was vast and the soil quality was good. So he suggested that some soldiers and common people should be allowed to reclaim wasteland and cultivate farmland, which achieved a great harvest and ensured the consolidation of the border defense. Later, he successively served as Deputy General of Jiangnan general Cao Zhongjun, deputy general of Wendeng, etc. In the 41st year of Kangxi, the emperor thought he was honest and clean, promoted him to Hebei general, and guarded Huaiqing.

Wang Yingtong was honest and upright, and was not good at flattery, which led to the envy of some corrupt officials, so he tried every means to slander him. Emperor for a while

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